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  • Bed Bugs May Carry Fatal Disease

    As if the red, itchy bites weren’t bad enough, now there’s another reason to turn to NJ bed bug control professionals right away when dealing with an infestation. Penn Medicine researchers found that bed bugs might transmit a parasite that carries a potentially deadly infectious disease. Chagas disease is mainly found in Latin America, but…

  • Do Bed Bugs Become Less Active in the Winter?

    Though small, bedbugs are becoming a pest of gargantuan proportion, particularly in New York and surrounding areas. But don’t let the seeming winter decline of these pests put you at ease – a bedbug lull in winter weather does not mean these pests have gone packing… Bedbugs have a little something in common with bears……

  • Winter Hardy Bed Bugs Are Still a Threat to You

    Bed bugs are a year-round pest. Bed bugs cannot survive extreme heat or cold but rarely have to. These small, blood-feeding insects live indoors to stay close to their human food source and are seldom exposed to changing seasonal temperatures. You are just as likely to run into bed bugs in the winter as during…

  • Five Interesting Facts About Bed Bugs

    Interesting isn’t a word that comes to mind when someone mentions bed bugs. Disgusting maybe, definitely blood-sucking, but interesting? Not so much. Still, the more you know about bed bugs, the easier it will be to identify them by their characteristics and the tell-tale signs they leave. These five interesting facts might surprise you. 1. Bed bugs…

  • What’s Bugging You? No Need to Go It Alone with Our Free Pest ID

    When bed bugs first reappeared in the U.S. people started panicking. Any stray bug found in a bedroom provoked fear of a bed bug attack. Frightened home owners started sending captured or smashed insects to college entomology departments asking if they had bed bugs. What’s Bugging You? Because most insects are small and quick, one bug can…

  • How Do I Know If I Have Bed Bugs?

    One of the biggest pest control nightmares any homeowner could face is bed bugs. There’s a sense of dread you experience when you realize you have a bed bug infestation. However, the sooner you realize you have a problem, the sooner you can do something about it. If you live in New Jersey, it’s a good idea to…